11/20/11

Welcome to this week's round-up of what I found in my blog reading of interest to us fans of middle grade science fiction and fantasy! I have a nasty feeling that I got careless this week, and went through my blog reader without extracting all the posts I should have, so do let me know if I missed yours!!!!

The Reviews:

The Adventures of Sir Gawain the True, by Gerald Morris, at The Brain Lair

At Strange and Random Happenstance, Miss Eliza looks at the first three Oz books here, here, and here.

There's new blog in town, Time Travel Times Two, focused on time travel stories for kids! Here's this week's post, which looks at Charlotte Sometimes, by Penelope Farmer, and The Switching Well, by Peni R. Griffin

Ms. Yingling also has a two for one post--Double Spell, by Janet Lunn, and Wonkenstein: The Creature From My Closet, by Obert Skye.

Conn Iggulden is best known for The Dangerous Book for Boys, but he also has a great series (perfect for the eight year old set) about the Tollins, tiny beings who are Not fairies. Here's his list of his top ten books about tiny people.

Kat Heckenback (Finding Angel) on magic in Christian fiction, at DecomposeOther Good Stuff:

The Enchanted Inkpot asks--is that science fiction or fantasy?, and Rachel Neumeier (The Floating Islands, which I think is just find for mg readers) ponders the divide between mg and YA (and I now wonder why I put YA in caps, but not mg...)

At Once Upon a Blog I found a dvd that's going on my Christmas present list-Re-enchantment. Here's the blurb: Re-enchantment is an immersive journey into the hidden meanings of fairy tales. Presented as an interactive multi-platform documentary project exploring why fairy stories continue to enchant, entertain, fascinate and horrify contemporary adult audiences.

The Re-enchantment DVD features a series of 10 x 3-minute animated documentaries (interstitials), which explore the themes at work in fairy tales. Each episode offers a rich visual design and presents a new way of thinking about these familiar and much loved stories.